<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>USG News Release - Company News</title><link>http://investor.usg.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=irol-news&amp;nyo=0</link><description>A Collection of USG News Release - Company News</description><language>en-us</language><category>Company News</category><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:29:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>USG Corporation to Participate in the J.P. Morgan Homebuilding &amp; Building Products Conference in New York</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1820416</link><description><![CDATA[CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 15, 2013--
      James S. Metcalf, chairman, president and chief executive officer of USG
      Corporation (NYSE:USG), a leading building products company, will speak
      on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the J.P. Morgan Homebuilding & Building
      Products Conference at J.P. Morgan in New York City. The presentation is
      scheduled to begin at approximately 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time. A live
      webcast of the presentation may be accessed from the Investor
      Information page of the USG Corporation web site at investor.usg.com.
    

      The webcast will be archived and available on the Investor Information
      Web page until Friday, May 3...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1820416_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation Reports 2013 First Quarter Results</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1810395</link><description><![CDATA[First Quarter 2013 vs. First Quarter 2012
    

      Consolidated Business Highlights
    

      
        Sales increased 4 percent to $814 million
      
      
        Operating profit of $49 million compared to $24 million
      
      
        Net income of $2 million compared to net loss of $27 million
      
    

      Business Unit Highlights
    

      
        U.S. Gypsum wallboard shipments totaled 1.11 BSF vs. 1.16 BSF
      
      
        U.S. Gypsum average wallboard price of $153.07 per thousand square
        feet vs. $130.43
      
      
        Worldwide Ceilings operating profit increased 4 percent to $27
        million
      
      
 ...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1810395_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Partners with Designing Spaces and Rebuilding Together to Help Makeover the Home of a Deserving Grandmother</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1800088</link><description><![CDATA[Designing Spaces Episode on  Lifetime Airs April 4th at 7:30 a.m. ET
CHICAGO,  March 25, 2012 -- USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products  company, today announced a partnership with Designing Spaces&trade; airing on  Lifetime cable network. USG provided its support by donating building materials  and employee labor to makeover the home of a deserving grandmother in North  Lauderdale, Fla. The Designing Spaces episode will air on Lifetime April 4th at  7:30 a.m. ET.
  Designing  Spaces teamed up with Rebuilding Together, an organization that provides  critical repairs to low-income homes, and identified the need to help Joy  Stewart and her family. Stewart received the home...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1800088_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation Amends Rights Plan to Lower Threshold to 4.9% to Protect Tax Benefits</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1799325</link><description><![CDATA[    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 22, 2013--
      USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company,
      announced today that its Board of Directors amended the Corporation’s
      existing stockholder rights plan to lower the ownership threshold to a
      level that could provide protection to USG’s net operating loss
      carryforwards (“NOLs”) and related deferred tax assets. The amendment
      reduces the ownership threshold under USG's shareholder rights plan from
      15 percent to 4.9 percent until March 22, 2016 (or earlier, if the Board
      determines that the amendment is no longer necessary to protect the
      NOLs).
    

      USG has over $...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1799325_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1799217</link><description><![CDATA[    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 22, 2013--
      USG Corporation (NYSE:USG), a leading building products company, will
      hold a conference call and webcast to discuss first quarter 2013 results
      on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time (10:00 a.m.
      Central time).
    

      This call and webcast can be accessed at USG's website at http://investor.usg.com.
    

      To participate by phone, please dial 1-800-315-2944 (U.S. & Canada).
      International callers should dial 1-847-413-2929. Please call ten
      minutes prior to start time. The pass code is 34513612.
    

      A replay of the webcast will be available on the USG website until...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1799217_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>L&amp;W Supply Corporation Branch in Indianapolis, Ind. Honored as OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Workplace</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1796285</link><description><![CDATA[    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 14, 2013--
      USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company, and
      its distribution subsidiary, L&W Supply Corporation celebrated achieving
      the prestigious Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star designation from
      the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the
      L&W Supply, Indianapolis Drywall Supply branch.
    

      Indianapolis is the third L&W Supply branch to achieve the Star
      designation, the highest recognition within OSHA’s VPP program. OSHA
      officials presented the award to the branch’s 15 employees today, with
      L&W Supply senior management and customers al...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1796285_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1782067</link><description><![CDATA[
      Fourth Quarter 2012 vs. Fourth Quarter 2011
    

      Consolidated Business Highlights (continuing operations)
    

      
        Sales increased 12 percent to $815 million
      
      
        Operating loss of $8 million compared to operating loss of $43
        million
      
      
        Adjusted operating profit of $5 million compared to adjusted
        operating loss of $38 million
      
    

      Business Unit Highlights (continuing operations)
    

      
        U.S. Gypsum wallboard shipments totaled 1.22 BSF vs. 1.09 BSF
      
      
        U.S. Gypsum average wallboard price of $132.26 per thousand square
        feet vs. $112.59
...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1782067_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1772377</link><description><![CDATA[    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2013--
      USG Corporation (NYSE:USG), a leading building products company, will
      hold a conference call and webcast to discuss fourth quarter and full
      year 2012 results on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern
      time (10:00 a.m. Central time).
    

      This call and webcast can be accessed at USG's website at http://investor.usg.com.
    

      To participate by phone, please dial 1-800-315-2944 (U.S. & Canada).
      International callers should dial 1-847-413-2929. Please call ten
      minutes prior to start time. The pass code is 34052563.
    

      A replay of the webcast will be available on the U...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1772377_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation Plant in Galena Park, Texas Achieves OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program Star Designation</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1762605</link><description><![CDATA[    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2012--
      USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company,
      celebrated achieving the prestigious Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
      Star designation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
      (OSHA) at its Galena Park, Texas manufacturing plant. Officials from
      OSHA presented the award today to USG Galena Park’s 150 employees during
      a ceremony at the plant.
    

      The Star is the highest recognition within OSHA’s Voluntary Protection
      Program. To achieve it, employees, management and OSHA work together to
      implement safety and health programs and processes that go beyo...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1762605_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>USG Corporation to Participate in the Stephens Fall Investment Conference in New York</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115117&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1755592</link><description><![CDATA[    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2012--
      Matthew F. Hilzinger, executive vice president and chief financial
      officer of USG Corporation (NYSE:USG), a leading building products
      company, will speak on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at the Stephens Fall
      Investment Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York. The
      presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 9:00 a.m. Eastern
      Time. A live webcast of the presentation may be accessed from the
      Investor Information page of the USG Corporation web site at investor.usg.com.
    

      The webcast will be archived and available on the Investor Information
      Web page until Friday, ...]]></description><category>Company News</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1755592_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>